6100 S Kings Ranch Rd, Gold Canyon, Arizona 85118, US
(480) 982-9090
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About Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa

Located in the East Valley of Phoenix-Scottsdale, Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa features 85 casita-style accommodations to go along with 36 holes at Gold Canyon Golf Resort. Guest rooms are spacious, casita-style units that feature private patios and fireplaces and range from king- and double-queen rooms to 1- and 2-bedroom suites. There is an outdoor pool, three casual dining and bar concepts, and a full-service spa and salon. Of note is a helicopter pad on property. Gold Canyon Golf Resort features a full driving range and two championship golf courses, the Dinosaur and Sidewinder courses. Golfers can also play at nearby Superstition Mountain.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres400
Year Opened1982
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities

RestaurantsCasual, Bar
Room TypesRoom, Suite
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa

Reviews

3.0
383 Reviews (383)

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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worth it

The view on the front nine is spectacular, the fairways are in good shape the greens do hold the ball! The back nine holes are cut through residential area and not as scenic as the front. The golf course is user-friendly and fairly wide-open, I would go there again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

la beauté du parcours est exceptionnel

Le Dinosaur est mon terrain favori. Même s'il n'est pas excessivement difficile, il possède plusieurs défis. Pour moi c'est un "MUST"

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

wow

great course almost worth the 150,00 fee really loved the free message before the round nice touch john

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Best Groomed Course

Pace of play was just over 4 hours 20 minutes. Excellent and well groomed fairways. Greens fast and true. I would say this is the finest course in the valley. I would come back any time!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day at sidewinder

Always a pleasure to play at gold canyon GC. Course was in great shape. The staff in friendly and the pace of play is perfect.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Sidewinder

Played here and had a great time. Everything was well kept. I particularly liked the greens. They are fast and the lines play well. Back 9 were harder than the front. Beautiful views of the mountains from the course. Everything else was great as well. No complaints about the facility, people, or course conditions. It is a bit of a drive from central phoenix (~45 minutes) but worth it. I'll have to try the other course and compare.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Outstanding desert golf

One if the best desert courses I have played. The views are incredible and the greens are outstanding.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course condition down from previous years

Beautiful track, but condition not up to previous standards. Especially greens!

They also need a bigger putting green and a proper driving range to charge a premium price per round.

Sorry, but not worth $199/round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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Parcours visuellement extraordinaire. Conditions de jeu excellentes. Verts très rapides. Top 3 de notre voyage.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful and Fun

Probably the most fun I've had golfing in this area in the 7 years I've been going down there. Almost every hole on this course had it's own special photo op. The elevation changes were amazing. The staff was very friendly and made us feel welcome. The course itself was in great shape, especially the greens.

My only gripe is that we didn't get to finish the last hole due to darkness. We were playing as a twosome and caught up to a few very slow groups. Would have been nice to get through but we didn't let it ruin our day!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent Day On The Course

Have been in town for a week of golf and this was the most beautiful course we played, from when you drop the bag until you got back in the car at the end of the game it was a great experience, the course was in fantastic conditions, the staff was very helpful, some of the views were the best i have experienced while playing golf, we enjoyed it so much that we played a second 18 on the sister course ( Sidewinder), will play again next year.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great views!

Great views especially the first six holes. Fairway and greens plush.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

this course has all the requisites of golf

amazing day, amazing course
will put on preferred list

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

No Bushwacking

Front nine was easy. Back nine was totally different, would challenge any caliber of player.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tight fairways

The course was in excellent condition the fairways were tight and you have to lay up sometimes if your afraid of spraying the ball around. Great staff couldn't do more for you

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

This course has great views

First time playing in Phoenix, and this course is one I'd play again. Looking forward to next year.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Just Two Complaints

This is a nice course and well maintained (except the bunkers). With a look at the course flyovers on their website before play it shouldn't present too much trouble. We played from the black tees. I did have a couple of issues though. The first is with some of the greens. Quite a few of them slope from front to back (?), they are fairly small and hard. Try sticking a longer appoach on that! My second beef also goes for the other 3 courses I have played around Phoenix in the last few days. This is a desert so is it hard to find a bit more sand for the bunkers? And the sand that is in them is full of small pebbles and rock chips that get sprayed over the green when it's a greenside trap. Yikes! Use fine, screened sand.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

great course and great staff

Have nothing but good things to say about this course. First, the staff was very very friendly especially Mark the starter. He worked with is because our 4th was 15 minutes late, He asked (very politely) those tee times behind us if they wouldn't mind teeing off before us. He went out of his way so that our fourth could join us on the 1st hole.
Forget the price, treat yourself to a good course and play it. For us it was will worth it. Good job SIDEWINDER.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Gold Canyon Sidewinder

Awesome Course! great views, manicured course, well worth going out to play!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Don't Be Fooled

I don't know about Sidewinder, but as for Dinosaur, I recommend that for the same money you should be able to play some other course you like in the Phoenix area 2 or 3 times.

I don't understand what all the fuss over this course is about. The scorecard does not add up the yardages, and the reason seems to be that it has 6 par 3s. There seemed to be weeks of unrepaired ballmarks (dents) in the greens, and at least two-thirds of the pins were on the very edges of the greens, many of which were quite large. As if the game and this course weren't challenging enough already. When I complained to golf course staff about all the edgey pins they said, "We hear that all the time."

And for all this, not to mention a joke of a driving range (mats), they like to get a buck thirty-five or more with seemingly very little discounting. Yes, it's pretty and you get to drive a golf cart through the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, and in fairness it does have a number of very nice golf holes, but to me, overall, this is an overly expensive, very indifferent golf product. They fooled me once. It won't happen again.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/22/2014

Dear Mr. O’Meara,
Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience. I’m glad that you enjoyed the challenge, beauty and hole variety of our Dinosaur Mountain golf course. I'm sorry if some of the hole locations were in difficult positions. We have at least four holes with very undulating greens and it can be difficult to find a perfect hole location 7 days a week.
As far as our scorecard is concerned we removed the total yardage approximately 10 years ago. The reason for this is to promote players to play the "correct" set of tees for their ability. The total yardage on the Dinosaur Mountain course is very deceiving. For instance it measure 6,561 yards from the back tees. Needless to say we had a number of players playing the back tees when in reality they should have been playing the middle tees. So instead of putting the total yardage on our scorecard we replaced it with recommended handicap which has greatly helped our speed of play. We've also added mixed tees that are a combination of tees which are quite popular, challenging and fun to play.
And lastly to address your concern about our driving range. Our driving range was built in 1982 along with 9 holes of golf. The range is bordered on both sides by the Sidewinder golf course and thus it is landlocked. There is no room for expansion. The original grass tee would only accommodate up to 18 stations. After one week of rotation there would be very little if any grass left. We do over 65,000 rounds of golf annually and it would be virtually impossible to grow and maintain any type of turf. With that in mind we have invested over $7,500 in the best artificial golf mat on the market which turned out to be the best possible solution for our scenario. Ballybunion rated one of the best courses in the world does not have a grass driving range but rather artificial mats and Lahinch also rated one of the top courses in the world does not have a driving range at all, just a practice putting green and chipping area.
Thank you again for your comments and I hope we were able to address your issues.

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